人文学科研究的重点是文化如何变化。人文学科包括研究哲学，宗教，历史，文学和艺术的学科。西方的“人文”，“宗教和文化”专业提供宗教方面的学术性，非宗派性研究。学生学习宗教信仰，习俗，艺术，身份和机构，他们研究宗教如何在社会和文化的其他方面受到历史变化的影响。学习如何理解不同宗教的人，可以帮助学生在宗教多样性和冲突情况下发挥领导作用。
The BA in Religion and Culture provides scholarly, critical, nonsectarian study of religions. Students study religious beliefs, practices, identities and organizations, and how they have influenced and been influenced by other aspects of society and culture. The degree program includes a broad survey of several world civilizations as a basis for understanding their religious traditions, both as they developed historically and with their modern interactions and transformations. Students study the origin, history, and methods of the academic study of religion. They are introduced to methodological issues in the study of religion, and learn to use methods appropriate to different kinds of problems. The department's curriculum includes some courses called Humanities (HUMA) and others called Religion (REL).